Indian boxers bag three medals at Strandja Memorial

Sofia, Feb 27: Mohamed Hussamuddin went down fighting in the final of the men s bantamweight (56kg) category as India finished with three medals at the 68th Strandja Memorial boxing tournament here.Hussamuddin put up a spirited fight against 2013 European Championship silver medallist Mykola Butsenko of Ukraine before going down 2-3 to settle for the silver late on Sunday evening.Among other Indians in the fray, Amit Phangal lost in the semi-finals of the men s Light Flyweight (49kg) division and Meena Kumari Maisnam went down in the last four stage of the women s 54kg class to settle for the bronze.A total of 15 Indian boxers -- 10 men and five women -- took part in the event.Meanwhile, China won two gold medals during Sunday s finals.Yin Junhua, silver medallist at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games, defeated European champion Denitsa Eliseeva of Bulgaria 5-0 in the final of the women s 60kg class here on Sunday evening, reports Xinhua news agency.Rio 2016 bronze medallist Li Qian won the women s 75kg category by beating Rio silver medallist Nouchka Fontijn of the Netherlands 3-2.China s Hu Jianguan, bronze medallist at Rio, lost to European champion Daniel Asenov of Bulgaria in the final of the men s 52kg division.Two other Chinese boxers took bronze medals, including Wen Yinhang and Huang Jiabin in the men s 75kg and 81kg categories, respectively.The six-day competition, the oldest and one of the toughest international boxing tournaments in Europe, featured more than 280 male and female boxers from 35 countries and regions.